Folding table and seat



(No Model.)

A.NEUTASOHER.

FOLDING TABLEAND SEAT. N0.'328,246. Patented-Oct. 13, 17885.

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UNITED S ATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLISE N EUTASOHER, OF MENDOTA, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING TABLE'AND SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,246, dated October13, 1885.

Application filed October 10, 1884. Serial No. 145,130. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ALLIsE NEUTASCHER, of

Mendota, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvementsin Folding Tables and Seats; and I dohereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

My invention relates to tables and seats which are adapted to be foldedup against the wall of a room, out of the way when not in use; and itconsists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will be more fullyset forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my devices inposition for use, and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the table andseat folded up and secured against the wall.

Arepresents the wall of a room, and B the floor thereof.

Ois my table,the inner reduced end of which is secured to the wall (orother support) by means of the hinges a a. At the free or front end ofthis table, on its under side, are secured two cleats or transversestrips, 0 0, whose inner side edges are beveled, as shown,to form guidesor ways for an extension-leaf, 0, whose side edges are correspondinglybeveled. This extension-leafiin the form shown,is well adapted to serveas an ironing-board, though it may serve for any other purpose desired,and to give additional security the cleats c 0 may each have a slightinward-extending lip, as shown, beneath the leaf 0.

O (J represent the crossed legs of the table, secured together at thecenter by screw 0" and mortise and tenon, and fastened to the cleat 0 byhinges c 0 whereby, when the table 0 is folded back up against the wallA, the said legs may also be folded back against the table, hanging downfrom the cleat 0,- but when the table is let down the legs may bebrought at right angles to the line of the table, as shown in Figs. 2and 1, respectively.

D D D represent my folding and adjustable seats. The seat D is hinged tothe wall (or other support) A by hinges b, in similar manner to the wayin which my table is secured, while the seats D D are secured at theirinner ends to the ends of the seat D by means of the pivots or rivets dd, on which they may freely turn, so that, if desired, the seats D mightbe extended along the wall A in line with the seat D, althoughordinarily they would be used in the positions shown in the full linesin Fig. 1, in line with the sides of the table 0. Near each free end ofthe seats D D are the hinged crossed legs D D, secured to the undersides of the said seats by hinges dd, and otherwise constructedsimilarly tothe legs 0 of the table. As already stated, the inner end ofthe table 0 is reduced or cut away at its rear end, as shown at c c, andthe space thus left is designed to receive a child or other personunable to sit upright without support, which is afforded by the rods EE. These rods are preferably of metal, and slide in loops or staples ee, which are driven into the under side of the table. The ends of therods nearest the front of the table are bent, as shown at e e, and thesehooked ends, when the rods are not in use, are turned into the hooks ffnear said front end of the table and hang suspended therefrom; but whenin use, as in penning a child into the space between them and thecutaway portion of the inner end of the table, then thesehooked ends eare hooked into the other central hooks, f f, of the table. Otherstaples, a a, are driven into the wall (or other support) at pointswhichcome between the table and the seats D D, when these parts are elevatedout of the way, and then securingpins a a are inserted in said staples,effectually preventing either the table or the seats from falling down.

My invention will be found very serviceable wherever it is desirable toeconomize space, and also when the tables and seats are only requiredfor temporary use, or for use at certain intervals, and when at othertimes the space they occupy when in use is needed for other purposes.They are well adapted for kitchens and dining-rooms, and are also verysuitable for halls and saloons. If desired, the wall-hinges may be maderemovable, or with half of each hinge removable, so that the tables andseats may be stored away and yet be capable of instant adjustment anduse when required, and any desired degree of ornamentation or finish maybe given to the said devices.

I am aware that heretofore folding tables and seatshave been hinged towalls or other vertical supports and provided at their free ends withprojecting plates having pivoted IOO thereto legs or supports forsustaining the platform in a horizontal position, and such I do notclaim.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I 1. A table secured by hinges to avertical support and having crossed legs hinged to its free end, incombination with adjustable seats hinged similarly to said support, butat aloWer vertical plane, the said seatsbeing made in th ree sections,and the outer sections having crossed legs hinged to their free ends andbeing pivoted at their rear ends to the central section, which is hingedto the said support, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In combination Withthe Wall or support A and the seats -D 'D D, madein sections, the

central section being hinged to the support,as shown, and the endsections having crossed legs D D hinged to them, the table 0, hinged tothe support at a a and cut away" on its inner end at 0 c and having thecrossed legs 0 O hinged to its free end and the staples e e and hooks ffsecured to its under side, and the rods E E, having bent ends 0 6, allarranged and adapted to operate substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMendota, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, in thepresence ofctwo Witnesses.

ALLISE NEUTASGHER.

Witnesses:

ADAM KLIYLA, AUSTIN SMITH.

